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Auto workers at Delphi authorize strike
May 19, 2006SAGINAW, Mich. — In strike votes at 21 Delphi Corp. plants across the country, members of the United Auto Workers union have overwhelmingly rejected the company’s plan to scrap its union contracts, fire three-quarters of its...
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Mega-rich families spend millions to repeal estate tax
May 19, 2006“Money to get power, and power to guard the money,” was the motto of the powerful Medici family in 16th century Florence, Italy. It is getting to be a successful modern political strategy for some of...
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NYU grad students major in class struggle: Teaching assistants maintain 6-month strike
May 19, 2006NEW YORK — Several hundred unionists, students, teachers and elected officials turned out May 11 to support New York University graduate teaching assistants, represented by GSOC/UAW Local 2110, who have been on strike for six months....
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A Texas trucker on fuel prices
May 19, 2006Do you remember a few years back when all those people ran out and bought diesel-powered cars because the fuel was so much cheaper than gas? Heck, diesel was just a by-product of gasoline, it’ll always...
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WORLDNOTES
May 19, 2006Venezuela: Land returned to peasants The Venezuelan National Land Institute (INTI) and the Spanish Embassy concluded an agreement last week in which Venezuela will buy back close to 3,000 acres of fertile land from Spanish agricultural...
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